Ash-cart.



Sterns Farmer @einem CARL BRANDT, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

iSkin-CART.

SPEGFJCATIUN forming part of Letters Patent N o. 667,837, dated February12, 1901.

Application filed .Tune Z9, 1900. Serial No. 22,058. (No model.)

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Beit known thatl, CARL BRANDT, a citizen of the United States, residingat Boston, in the county of Sui'tolk and State ot' Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash-Carts; and l dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to receptacles for receiving ashes,sweepings, and the like, which tend to fly when thrown or shoveled intoa cart, the object being to prevent the scattering of the dust andobviate the annoyance generally arising from this source.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand drawings hereto attached.

lNhile the essential and characteristic features of the invention arenecessarily susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodimentof the invention isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cart embodying the invention. Fig. 2is a longitudinal section thereof, the dotted lines showing theoperation of the tilting closure and the end-gate.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in both views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The body 1 of the cart is mounted upon wheels 2 and is adapted to bepropelled or drawn in any desired manner and is constructed either ofmetal or wood or a combination of the two. The bottom 3 of the bodyinclines slightly throughout its length, and the end 4 likewise inclinesand forms an obtuse angle with said bottom, the upper portion of the end-l projecting above the plane of the top 5 and having an overhangingpart 6 to form a stop and a guard. The part of the top 5 adjacent totheend 4 is removed to provide an opening through which ashes and the likeare dumped into the cart, and this opening is closed by means of a plateor board 7, mounted so as to tilt and automatically open by the weightot' any ashes or the like deposited thereon. The tilting closure 7 ispivotally connected with the sides of the body a short distance from theedge adjacent to the head 4, the axial line being represented at S. Aweight 9 is attached to the under side of the outer portion of theclosure 7 and counterbalances the inner portion of said closure andholds it normally in position for closing the opening through whichashes, sweepings, and the like have entrance into the body. The innerend of the tilting closure 7 underlaps the top 5 and is limited in itsupward movement thereby. The weighted portion of the closure comes belowthe overhanging portion 6 and is limited in its upward movementthereby,and said overhan ging portion prevents ashes and like refusematter from lodging upon the weighted end ofthe closure 7 when throwninto the body or receptacle.

rlhe hood incloses three sides of the opening closed by the part 7 andconsists of a curved plate 10 and end pieces 11, the latter closing thespaces formed between the ends of the plate 10 and the sides of thebody. The plate lO curves over the closure 7 and acts as a detlector andguard and prevents the ashes from passing beyond the opening when throwninto the cart. When ashes, sweepings,orsimilar refuse matter are thrownupon the inner portion of the tilting closure 7, the latterautomatically opens under the weight of the matter placed thereon andcauses said matter to be discharged into the cart, when the closure isreturned to a normal position by the action ofthe weight 9, thereby, inconjunction with the above-described hood, preventing the dust incidentto the operation flying about in the air and attaining the objects ofthe invention.

A door 12 closes an opening in the lower portion of the end 4 and ishinged so as to swing outward and downward, as indicated by the dottedlines in Fig. 2. This door may be hinged to swing upward or in anydesired direction and facilitates-the unloading of the cart when it isrequired to dump or discharge the contents thereof at any convenientpoint.

A cross-bar 13 is located below the tilting closure adjacent to its aXisand is secured at its ends to the sides of the cart and serves to IOOlimit the downward movement of the cover when swunginward to ydischargea load placed thereon. This cross-bar 13 supplements the overhangingportion 6 in limiting the movement of the cover to prevent its catchinginto the contents of the cart when the latter is nearly lled. l

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In anash-cart or the like, a closed body or receptacle having an opening` inits top at one end, an overhangingportion attached to the adjacent endof said receptacle, a tilting closure for the said opening having itsinner end portion adapted to underlap the top of the'receptacle adjacentto the opening and having its outer portion limited in its upwardmovement by the aforesaid overhanging part, and a weight applied to theouter end of the said tilting closure, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In an ash-cart or the like, a closedv body or receptacle having anopening-in its top at one end and provided with an overhanging portionattached to the adjacent end of said body, a counterbalanced tiltingclosure for the said opening having itsy inner end underlapping the endportion of the top adjacent to the opening, and a hood inclosing theopening on three sides and comprising a curved plate and end pieces,substantially as set forth.

3. In an ash-cart or the like, a closed body or receptacle having anopening in its top at one end and having the end adjacent to saidopening inclined and provided with an overhanging portion at its upperend in a higher plane than the top of said body, a tilting'closureapplied to the opening in the top of the body and having its inner endunderlapping said top and its outer end limited in its upward movementby the aforesaid overhanging part, a weight applied to the outer endportion of the said closure, and a hood inclos'- ing three sides of theopening in the top of the body and comprising a curved plate and endpieces, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence 0f two witnesses.

CARL BRANDT.

Witnesses:

STELLA S. BRANDT, GEORGE W. AHL.

